Her Beast

Chapter 13: You're unbelievable

Zoey felt the slight buzz from the alcohol come back now that it was quiet and the action had disappeared. She started to feel a bit dizzy, and the lights outside gave her a nauseous feeling.

Finally, Adam's house came into view. Sebastian pulled into the driveway and waited for Zoey to stumble out.

"I'll let Adam know about that wound tomorrow, so don't worry about it. Bye, Zoey."

She waved as he drove away. Her body felt stiff as she made her way inside. Adam and Ellie still weren't back yet, but it wasn't too late in the night yet.

Zoey grabbed some sweats and a t-shirt from her bag and changed in the guest bathroom. The second she stepped out, muscular arms wrapped around her waist.

"You're okay."

The Beast whispered with a deep sigh of relief into her neck. Zoey's stiff posture relaxed unconsciously.

He pulled away, placing his hands on her shoulders. "We have to go, Zoey."

"What do you mean "go"?"

"They can't know about you. About me. We have to leave before they find out."

The Beast grabbed her bag and began shoving all her things inside.

"Who can't know about us? Are you talking about Jay and Sebastian?"

Zoey was in an endless tornado of questions. Her head throbbed, trying to make sense of what he spoke of.

He continued to grab her things and zipped up the bag.

"We have to go now."

"Wait, no, I'm not going anywhere with you!" Zoey flinched as the throbbing got stronger.

"Zoey, don't be difficult."

"I'm the one being difficult? You're the one who won't tell me anything!"

"I don't want to force you, but I will if I have to."

"You can force me to do anything." Her voice came out softer as she felt too weak to yell.

"Please, Zoey, I'll try to explain what I can in the car."

Zoey clenched her head as the throbbing became unbearable. Her body suddenly felt it was on fire.

"No, you can't- ugh, I don't feel so good."

Zoey felt all the strength leave her body, and she fell to her knees. The Beast grabbed her before her head hit the ground, and all the lights went out.

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Zoey's head smacked slightly against something hard, bringing her out from the darkness. She clenched it, wanting the throbbing to stop. Zoey pried her eyes open when she felt arms under her thighs and back.

She jerked up, looking in the eyes of the Beast.

"You kidnapped me?!"

"I'm sorry I had to."

"Did you give me something that caused me to pass out?"

"No, but someone did."

Zoey froze, wondering how that could have happened. She still felt a bit disoriented, and all this yelling was killing her head.

"So you just thought you could sneak me out the door while I was knocked out?"

No response.

"You're unbelievable."

Zoey looked around, but she could not see anything through the darkness. She knew they were somewhere in a forest from the silhouettes of trees.

"How far are we from Aria?"